iders in Their Areas,
of Hassler Curing Units
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W. K. “Bugg’’ Lunn, Jr., shows how easy one
man can handle a rack of cured tobacco.
A. E. RADFORD, POLLOCKSVILLE, NORTH
CAROLINA: “It’s the gieatest labor saver that
we have had in a number of years. It gives a
better, more uniform cure, with good aroma.
It definitely eliminates the fire hazard, and
permits a good night’s rest without worry. We
figured out one week’s barning and found
that the conventional barns cost us 15^* a stick,
while the bulk barn cost us only 5^ a stick-
figuring 12 sticks to the rack, which we un
racked. strung up and counted.”
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W. K. LUNN, JR., DARLINGTON, SOUTH
CAROLINA; “I have problems with my
tobacco as other farmers do. When I started
looking into the possibilities of owning a
bulk curer, the first thing that hit me square
between the eyes was the price. I thought I
couldn’t afford it. .After a thorough study of
what I was bu>'ing and the returns I could
expect, I couldn’t see how I could afford to
be without it. My curer has far surpas.sed my
expectations, and I realize more each time
I cure that the barn has possibilities far be
yond my comprehension at this time. I feel that
I have perfect control of my tobacco, regard
less of wind or weather. For instance, one
afternoon during the critical stage of coloring
a windy, cold rain came up, and the tempera
ture inside the barn did not vary one degree.”
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Wayland D. Currie looks at the quality of tips
cured in the bulk.
H. B. HUGGINS, HARTSVILLE, SOUTH CARO
LINA: “I am well pleased with it. Pleased with
labor angle, and small amount of fuel used. I
think the quality of the tobacco has been real
good. I had some hail tobacco, and it cured
very satisfactory. We unload the barn much
faster than our conventional barns, and the
tobacco is off the stick, which saves a lot of time.”
A. E. Radford pulls a rack half way out, and
finds same good quality on next rack.
WAYLAND D. CURRIE, WHITEVILLE,
NORTH CAROLINA: “I cured in it five times,
and I got five good cures. The best I can
tell, I cut my labor costs about 50%. As far
as the tobacco is concerned, it comes out with
good color and aroma. I cured two different
varieties in each cure, and they always come
out together and gooci. I might say perfect,
and I had practically no trash at all. I put
in some rough tobacco and some green tobacco,
and it, too, came out very satisfactorily. All
I have to say is good about the barn.”
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H. B. Huggins is either smiling because he
bought the first Has,sler Curing Unit in South
Carolina, or because he likes what he sees in
the hands of bulk cured tobacco or both.
L. B. JOHNSON, JR., FARMVILLE, NORTH
CAROLINA: “Besides the labor saving factor
for which this barn has been designed, I
am overly impressed at the uniformity of
the highly desirable color and the aroma that
the tobacco has when we have finished curing.
If we can achieve this aroma throughout the
Flue-cured belt, we will never have to worry
about foreign competition.”
L. B. Johnson, Jr. holding hand
of tobacco for his father to smell
the good aroma.
WOODROW BRITT, CHADBOURN, NORTH
CAROLINA: “I like the barn, and like the curing
of the tobacco. Naturally with a new piece of
equipment like this, there are a few kinks here
and there. I am pleased with the service of the
company, and their willingness to render excellent
service to make the unit do everything that
is claimed. I think tobacco in the future will be
bulk cured. I want to do everything I can to
make the program successful. It does cut down
on labor, and the tobacco that is bulk cured
looks mighty pretty and it smells good.”
W^oodrow Britt seems pleased with
his armful of bulk cured tobacco,
which he later sold 84 pounds for
82^ a pound.
DOM, METTER, GEORGIA: I like the
ing Unit fine. There are a lot of ad-
bulk curing. You save a lot of labor,
f waste, and you get a better quality of
bulk curing than you do in conventional
ike the yellowing in the Hassler Curing
letter than I do in the conventional barn.
;ntional barn I used 20 people, and in my
used II. We cured as much as 2,500
le curing, ordinarily I cure between 1,800
)ounds. Our bulk cured tobacco outsold
ional tobacco this year. Yes, sir, I sure
t paid me to buy a Hassler Curing Unit,
five years time, it will pay for itself in
waste alone, that’s not to mention the
get out of your tobacco.”
CHARLES AND JERRY DEN
NING, BENSON, NORTH
CAROLINA: “It definitely is a
break through in methods of
handling tobacco. We like the
grading of it as much as anything.
Don’t have to do extra work to
get it in order. You can go
through it and tie faster than
the other way. Cost in grading
is not as great. We are getting
a better color. Smell of it is
good, too. Smells like tobacco
for a change. We can bam faster,
and with less people. We filled
our bulk bam in 5*/4 hours.”
Charles, left, and Jerry Denning
tie each rack of cured tobacco
with a string for easy handling.
L. V. HOGAN, ELLERBE, NORTH
CAROLINA: “I think it is the thing.
W'e can put, what we call a dead
leaf, in this barn and it will hold it.
What I was pleased most about was the
cost of curing. It look only $26.40 to
cure out $900.66 worth of lugs. It cost
us, with a gas barn, $38.50, in a barn
holding between 500 and 600 sticks.
We are very well pleased with it.”
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L. V. Hogan can sit down while his farm manager,
Jack Richardson, does the curing.
ROBERT R. SMITH, JR., CHADBOURN, NORTH
CAROLINA: “It will cure tobacco. It will put the
air through it. The racks can be packed too tight,
but with good judgment and common sense, the racks
can be loaded uniformly so that you will get a good
cure. You can wait on your yellowing and get prac
tically the color you want before you go up with the
heat. And the headache of watching it close, and
sweating are eliminated.”
Robert R. Smith, Jr., examines the top
tier of tobacco in his bulk curer.
R. M. AND JIMMY MIKELL, ALMA,
GEORGIA: “We have grown for the
past few years, about the same amount
of tobacco as we did this year. From
the time the tobacco harvesting began
until the time it was sold, the time of
handling was cut in half. Our labor
bill was much less than when even using
a harvester. The fuel used on the same
acreage as last was cut in half. We
packed some barns unusually tight and
it cured out perfect. The quality is
definitely superior to a conventional
barn. Our second picking cured in the
bulk barn was graded 4^ above the same
tobacco cured in a conventional bam.
The yellowing process in the Hassler
Unit is just about unbelievable. It will
color a perfectly green leaf along with a
yellow mature leaf. We are very well
pleased with our two units, from the
curing standpoint to the service the Com
pany has given us.”
Three generations of Mikells—R. M..
and Jimmy, Jr.
Jimmy
JAMES H. “STUMP” GODWIN, KENLY, NORTH CARO
LINA: “It is doing a wonderful job for one thing. With
the shortage of labor in our area, it is bound to be the
future thing in tobacco. Especially where a farmer has a
potato or grain program on his farm. In reference to the
grain program, with a small amount of modification you would
have a perfect drying bin, or storage bin, because you already
have the heat and air. To my opinion, it gives a much richer
color, and a much greater tobacco odor than the old conventional
ways. Where a person is pressed for storage space, it will
reduce his pack house space in half. Most of the viewers were
pessimistic about storing in pack bams, but I have found that
it is much easier than the old stick method. It doesn t only
save labor expense in green tobacco, but also in dry tobacco
as well.”
ELBERT SESSOMS, LUMBERTON, NORTH CARO
LINA: “I like the idea, and what the barn is supposed
to do. It just hasn’t done for me what I thought
it would. The racks that cured good had really
fine tobacco in it. The poundage of cured tobacco
out of each barn wasn’t what I expected. However,
I sold my sand lugs for close to 70?^ a pound. I
like it when it does what it is supposed to, and I
hope I have much better luck next year.”
James H. “Stump” Godwin and
his son, Freddy, admire the
quality of leaves bulk cured in
their unit.
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Willis King, King Angus Ranch, Alma, Georgia, looks
at his Hassler Curing Unit, which was the first one Elbert Sessoms looks into furnace room
bought in Georgia.
RAVENEL SCOTT, DILLON,
SOUTH CAROLINA: “Main thing
it is economical, by that I mean, you
can harvest a barn for about half
as much as you can a conventional
bam. My fuel bill was almost half
as much as my conventional barn.
Everyone of the representatives of
major tobacco companies who visited
my barn commented favorably on the
smell of the tobacco. Another thing
is the safety of the barn. I am not
afraid to leave it. You can’t feel that
way about a conventional bam, be
cause I lost one barn by fire this
year. The only regret I have is that
we didn’t have this barn 20 years
ago, because it really reduces labor
and curing costs.”
of his bulk unit.
Ravenel Scott holds a hand of his bulk cured tobacco on the
warehouse floor, which sold a few minutes later for 72^